Lead OT

Lead OT

The closing date is 15 March 2026
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The East of England Adult Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative is recruiting to their newly remodelled alternative to SEDU admission service.

They are looking to backfill a band 7 Lead Occupational Therapy role which, together with a second Occupational Therapist (also being recruited), will lead on Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions including the EMPSA. The post will be a secondment or a fixed term post for a 12 month period.

The service is hosted by both HPFT and CPFT and this post will be managed by HPFT.

The service will use the EMPSA to assess service users at the beginning and end of treatment and tools such as the MOHO to assess a service user's functioning and support them to build the non‑eating disordered parts of their lives.

The postholder will work closely with the nurses, dietitian, psychotherapist, consultant psychiatrist, support workers and particularly the assistant therapy practitioners to provide a comprehensive and intensive formulation guided service that will work to support the service user to restore weight and remain at home whenever possible.

The team covers the east of England region and the postholder will at times be required to travel to bases across the region, and at times will work online from home or from a local Trust base.

• Work with the specialist multidisciplinary team.
• Provide OT and EMPSA assessments for service users of the Intensive service and create treatment plans from them.
• Support Service users to avoid specialist inpatient admission wherever possible.
• Advise the multidisciplinary team on learnings from OT interventions and recommended input.
• Participate in generic initial assessments for those who might come into treatment.
• Coordinate and develop the OT provision.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

The post holder will work as an autonomous and highly skilled Specialist Occupational Therapist within the alternative pathway to Specialist Eating Disorder inpatient admission, providing advanced clinical input to adults with eating disorders and their carers.

The primary purpose of the role is to deliver specialist occupational therapy interventions that promote safety, functional recovery, and community‑based stabilisation, thereby reducing the need for inpatient admission.

Using expert knowledge of eating disorder symptomatology, psychopathology, and their impact on occupational performance, the post holder will complete comprehensive assessments, develop robust formulations, and implement evidence‑based interventions that enhance engagement in meaningful occupations and support sustained recovery. This includes planning, delivering, and evaluating individual and group interventions, both online and in person, in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning and provide highly specialist advice to colleagues across the AEDIT team and the wider community eating disorder network. They will maintain excellent communication and effective partnership working with community clinicians and services across the region to ensure high‑quality, coordinated, person‑centred care.

• BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of clinical post registration training
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages
• Membership of RCOT, including specialist section
• First line management training
• Solution Focussed Brief Therapy training
• Cognitive…